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D-Day
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:40 am
by k47a
Hope that ain't spamming... Well, I guess it is...
Anyway: It's June 6 - I wish you a happy D-Day!! (most important day of the year!!)
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:07 am
by lizardkid
Hats off to all the Canadians, British, and Americans who went to those beaches.
My grandfather was the pilot for a flying fortress (dont know the model name) during D-Day and after.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:53 am
by Elgan
hats off to ur granfather
my grandfather was a radio research engineer. he died of a brain tumour when mummy was still 3, eek. I dont know bout the other one he died too.
how many games have dday? just wondering.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:17 am
by k47a
lizardkid wrote:My grandfather was the pilot for a flying fortress (dont know the model name) during D-Day and after.
WOW, that's cool!! When I got load of money I'm gonna fly in a B-17 (and a P-51).
I know a B-17 pilot too (he was, umm, navigator), shot down over Norway... He actually met the German pilot who shot them down years after the war...
See, THAT sucks when you live in Switzerland...
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:12 pm
by wacko
IvaN (master of disaster) wrote:See, THAT sucks when you live in Switzerland...
I'd say the more u or ur family had to suffer from WW2 or any war, the more it sucks.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:19 pm
by k47a
wacko wrote:I'd say the more u or ur family had to suffer from WW2 or any war, the more it sucks.
Yeah, sure, you're right. But that's not what I was saying: I mean, there's nobody roung here who could tell you about WW2... Of course, my granddad was a soldier back then and my grandma had been attacked by fighters when she was in a train (she lives in Schaffhausen, that's at the German border... The city got bombed by allied planes on 1 April 1944, I believe).
I'm damn glad it's so peaceful here, don't get that wrong!!
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:10 pm
by Axion
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:12 pm
by Jack Ruby
Seems like a good thread to show my d-day flash movie, I know some of you seen it a long time ago but I guess a few of you have not.
Its pretty cool, just a piece of music, Eisenhowers speech and some pics I grabbed from the web.
http://www.monkeydevil.com/simon/war.htm
edit: My uncle served in the war, he invaded Africa and then went onto invade mainland Italy, he showed me some of his war souvenirs and photos, not a nice thing
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:07 pm
by k47a
Hey Jack! Thanks for sharing that!! Looks great, man!! One thing, two or three of the pics don't fit the D-Day subject (the one of the PTO and the one with the Germans on the Eastern front throwing nades...)
Where you from? What unit was your uncle, if I may ask?
